Anna Chandler
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Anna Chandler | |
|---|---|
 Chandler in 1919. | |
| Born | July 4, 1884 |
| Died | July 10, 1957 (aged 73) El Sereno, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Spouse | Jack Curtis (1900-?) (Divorced) |
| Children | 1 |
Anna Chandler (July 4, 1884 – July 10, 1957) was an American vaudeville actress and mezzo-soprano singer of popular and light classical songs.[1]
She was born in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania.[citation needed] Chandler married Jack Curtis, a booking agent. They had one child, Beatrice Curtis, who became an actress and whose first husband was the vaudevillian actor Harry Fox.[2]
Chandler was a headline artist for the Orpheum Circuit. She sang songs in Hebrew and Italian almost exclusively during her career as a headliner on the Orpheum Circuit.[3] On Broadway, Chandler portrayed Mrs. Anastasia Kidd in Jumping Jupiter (1911) and Bessie Bloom in Mendel, Inc. (1929).[4]
Chandler died at age 73 in El Sereno, California.
Filmography
[edit]- The Big Broadcast (1932)
- Madame Racketeer (1932)
- Gold Rush Maisie (1940)
- Redhead (1941)
- Tennessee Johnson (1942)
- Thumbs Up (1943)
- Master Minds (1949)
Partial discography
[edit]Blue Amberol 2040 Come Back, I’m Pining For You (1913)
COLUMBIA A1950 (78) She’s Good Enough to Be Your Baby’s Mother (and She’s Good Enough to Vote With You) [5]
COLUMBIA A1956 (78) You Can't Get Along With 'Em or without 'Em (recorded January 20, 1916)[6]
EDISON 51193-R (78) My Sweetie Went Away (He Didn't Say Where, When or Why)
Sheet music
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(With her picture on cover)
- (Yr Unk) – Hello Wisconsin (Won't You Find My Yonnie Yonson
- 1915 – America I Love You
- 1916 – Rolling Stones (All Come Rolling Home Again) - Words by Edgar Leslie; Music by Archie Gottler
- 1917 – Yankee Doodle Learns Parlez Vous Francais
- 1917 – You've Certainly Opened My Eyes
- 1917 – Never Was A Lass Like You
- 1917 – ... Somewhere In France
- 1920 – Feather Your Nest
- 1921 – Scandinavia
- 1922 – I've Got The Love-Sick Blues, Jack Mills, Inc., publisher
- 1922 – Lost (A Wonderful Girl)
- 1922 – Lovin Sam (The Sheik of Alabam)
- 1923 – Annabelle
References
[edit]Inline citations
- ^ Nick Tosches (1949- ), Where Dead Voices Gather, pg. 61, Little, Brown & Company ISBN 978-0-316-89507-1 (2001) (OCLC 45757846)
- ^ Kear, Lynn; King, James (2009). Evelyn Brent: The Life and Films of Hollywood's Lady Crook. McFarland. p. 92. ISBN 978-0-7864-5468-6. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
- ^ Old-Time Vaudeville Stars in Mme Racketeer, Springfield Republican, (Massachusetts), p. 5C, col. 8, July 17, 1932
- ^ "Anna Chandler". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on December 10, 2020. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
- ^ "ARSC Top Ten Nominees". Archeophone Records. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
- ^ Abrams, Steven and Settlemier, Tyrone. "The Online Discographical Project - Columbia A1500 series". Retrieved August 3, 2010
General references
- Biography Index. A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines. Volume 6: September 1961 – August 1964, New York: H.W. Wilson Co. (1965)
- Who Was Who on Screen, First edition, by Evelyn Mack Truitt, New York: R.R. Bowker (1974) (OCLC 841749)
- Who Was Who on Screen, Second edition, by Evelyn Mack Truitt, New York: R.R. Bowker (1977) (LCCN 77-22651)
- Who Was Who on Screen, Third edition, by Evelyn Mack Truitt, New York: R.R. Bowker (1983) (OCLC 239770441)
- Who's Who in Hollywood, 1900-1976, by David Ragan. New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House Publishers (1976), The Late Players (1900-1974) section begins on page 539 (OCLC 2373022)
- Who's Who in Hollywood, The largest cast of international film personalities ever assembled, Two volumes, by David Ragan, New York: Facts on File (1992) (LCCN 90-2980)
External links
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- Anna Chandler at the Internet Broadway Database
- Anna Chandler at IMDb
- Anna Chandler cylinder recordings, from the UCSB Cylinder Audio Archive at the University of California, Santa Barbara Library.
